On 7/26/12 8:36 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:04:59 -0500, the renowned Tim Wescott
wrote:

What, oh what, are the public workshops called that are springing up in
major cities?

I'm drawing an absolute blank. This is way frustrating.

Hackerspaces! The ones I've seen are not exactly public, but close
enuf.

But there's a movement afoot in the US to provide workshop space for
inventors like you, and more mundane maker sorts, too. If you can think
of the right keywords, you may even find something local. Nearly all of
them have lots of tools; some of them have folks on staff to help you do
stuff, I would imagine that many have folks hanging around who'd be
enthusiastic, too.

And young talented folks whose first worry is not about liability.

There's a group here in Des Moines trying to organize a hackerspace, but
the organizers' primary interest appears to be software. Funding and
space appear to be the major obstacles, as you might expect.

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